Turning A Page Inside A Rural One-Room Library

Rachel Reynolds Luster took over this branch four months ago with the goal of creating a learning hub. She calls herself a curator, not just a librarian.

Her first task? Filtering out some of the favorites of the previous librarian.

“It’s been interesting working this transition with her,” Luster says. “She was quite upset that the cooking magazines were gone. But we recycled them all, and we kept some holiday cookie editions.”

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